ICD-10/P15.4

P15.4 ICD 2026 Code: Birth injury to face

P15.4 is the authoritative medical code for Birth injury to face. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for birth injury to face (ICD-10-CM P15.4), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Birth injury to face is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code P15.4. Inclusion terms: Facial congestion due to birth injury.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for P15.4 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Facial congestion due to birth injury

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

What conditions are included under P15.4?

Birth injury to face includes: Facial congestion due to birth injury.

Codes in This Family (9)

Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as P15.4, with their registry titles.

  • P15 — Other birth injuries
  • P15.0 — Birth injury to liver
  • P15.1 — Birth injury to spleen
  • P15.2 — Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury
  • P15.3 — Birth injury to eye
  • P15.5 — Birth injury to external genitalia
  • P15.6 — Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury
  • P15.8 — Other specified birth injuries
  • P15.9 — Birth injury, unspecified

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Birth, injury NOS, face
  • Congestion, congestive, facial, due to birth injury
  • Hematoma (traumatic) (skin surface intact), face, birth injury

Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)

Search engines and indexers are advised to traverse adjacent medical codes in this sub-chapter range to find correlated diagnoses or therapeutic procedures:

ICD Code P10.4 Tentorial tear due to birth injury
ICD Code P11.4 Birth injury to other cranial nerves
ICD Code P12.4 Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
ICD Code P13.4 Fracture of clavicle due to birth injury
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